Hair building fiber products claiming to have Keratin

Some cosmetics manufacturers claim to make hair products that contain keratin to strengthen hair or promote hair growth. However, the cells in hair follicles make all the keratin protein that they require from amino acids supplied via the blood. So how does adding Keratin to Hair Building Fibers present any purpose, value, or benefit? In our oppinion it does not.

You be the judge

We at Hair-Tek do not claim to have Keratin in our product, nor do we even understand what value you it would have to be added to "Hair Building Fibers that are simply made from ground cotton fibers that are in competitors Hair Building Fiber products.

What is Keratin?

The primary component of human hair fiber is keratin. Keratins are proteins, long chains (polymers) of amino acids. Keratin proteins form the cytoskeleton (miniature skeleton within a cell) of all epidermal cells. Keratin filaments run within a cell from the inside of the outer membrane to weave a "basket" around the nucleus of the cell. Keratins are a principle part of the cells in the epidermis, hair, nails, feathers, hooves, horny tissues and the enamel of teeth.

Keratin found in human hair

In hair fiber, keratin proteins comprise 65-95% of the total hair fiber by weight. Each molecule of keratin is very small - about 10 nanometers across. To give you a sense of how small that is, 10,000 keratin molecules lined up side by side would cover the width of the average terminal scalp hair.

Hair building Fibers from China

Most Hair Fibers if not all are coming from China and being private labeled by the same company located in Canada. The product does not say made in China because the Bottle it comes in costs more than the actual product itself. Our product is proudly manufactured in the USA and is a scientific formula and goes through seven operations before completed.